My Industrial Cabin Build

[cat fever]

While not fast, I feel pretty good about the way we are getting everything plumbed in. I check the plans multiple times each days the make sure all measurements are correct.
Having a good assistant helps too.
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Not sure of the code in your neck of the woods; but here you can not lay a sanitary tee on its back. (wet venting) From what I can see, you have two of them that way. 2nd picture.

I'm sure the joints will never come apart since drain pipes are under little to no pressure. When glueing PVC I always used "Christy's Red Hot Blue Glue." Good stuff in my opinion.

It is strange for me to see PVC used for drain pipe. We always used ABS for all drain piping. Local thing I guess.

Looks good, keep the pics coming.:thumbsup:

 

[s219]

Not sure of the code in your neck of the woods; but here you can not lay a sanitary tee on its back. (wet venting) From what I can see, you have two of them that way. 2nd picture.

Good catch. At least one of them seems to be for a dry vent (OK), but the others look like they will be carrying waste and that is definitely not allowed by code. Whether or not it's a real problem I can't say, but I imagine an inspector would flag it.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Pretty assistant, I believe it says Komatsu on it. Lol

 

[WoodChuckDad]

You are so fortunate your wife is involved!

I am lucky. It keeps her invested in things being done right and I don't get too many complaints about a process taking longer than she expects because she knows what is going into it. Learning to work together isn't easy but I think it is well worth is. Also, in the beginning she didn't feel the same connection to the land that I did. It was just a pretty place where we were going to build our house. So she got wrapped up in home design plans. Now, with building it, that has changed. It's more time on the ground , carving it out, making it our own.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Not sure of the code in your neck of the woods; but here you can not lay a sanitary tee on its back. (wet venting) From what I can see, you have two of them that way. 2nd picture.

I'm sure the joints will never come apart since drain pipes are under little to no pressure. When glueing PVC I always used "Christy's Red Hot Blue Glue." Good stuff in my opinion.

It is strange for me to see PVC used for drain pipe. We always used ABS for all drain piping. Local thing I guess.

Looks good, keep the pics coming.:thumbsup:

I will get that straightened out.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Pretty assistant, I believe it says Komatsu on it. Lol

Ahh yes! That's Daisy. She is the backbone of this place. Tree and stump removal. Field clearing. Bridges, roads and build sites. It doesn't take long, after the work is done to take for granted, the changes to the landscape that have resulted from the power of that excavator. Original plans were to keep for 2-3 years and then sell it. I just don't know if we will ever get to the point where it isn't needed. The work that can be done is phenomenal.

 

[cat fever]

Good catch. At least one of them seems to be for a dry vent (OK), but the others look like they will be carrying waste and that is definitely not allowed by code. Whether or not it's a real problem I can't say, but I imagine an inspector would flag it.

Even though it appears the one vent might be for a floor drain ?? It is still below the "flood level rim" of the fixture it's serving and considered a wet vent. IMHO it would work fine but it depends on the mood of the inspector if he/she will let it pass.

Looking forward to more pictures as the work progresses.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Any progress?

 

[WoodChuckDad]

It's been a while. But I had inspection and failed. Officially it is because I didn't have the lines pressurized when he arrived. But I pressurized after he left and it would have failed anyway. My clean outs would not seal and I also had a street elbow going into a 2 inch to 4 inch wye that was leaking. I repaired it and got the clean outs to seal. Then I saw where cat fever caught my mistake and I have repaired the line with a wye. I will pressure test tomorrow. I havnt been able to schedule another inspection because I have not been able to get off work. I also have had to focus on other things. Cold weather came and I was worried about freezing pipes in my camper so I winterized it and spent a couple days putting in some 2 inch insulation under the camper to block the cold air from getting under and making it unlivable. I had a Porto-potty delivered and we became a bit more primitive up here. 2 weeks ago I had to receive the window delivery and put all the windows in a half built shed(. I will be doing another thread about the shed. I am way behind. But I have an inspection scheduled for this Monday. I will pressure test tomorrow just to be sure all is good. Today while I repaired a pipe, my wife shoveled dirt out of the high end of the foundation, into the tractor bucket so I could take it away.
Then, when it got dark we went to the hardware store to pick up some supplies for tomorrow. Since the foundation is open, i I'm going to waterproof and put in drainage pipes. You only get one chance to do it right the first time.

Oh. And I know that water stack test is way to go but we have been in a drought so my county has stipulated air pressure test.

 

[Spiros]

Very nice project. Thank you for sharing.